Matrix-cleaner.



E. L. KOKANOUR.

MATRIX CLEANER. APPLICATION FILED MAY'B. 1915.

Patented Aug. 31, 1915.

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V monmsrs COLUMBIA P E. L KOKANOUR, MATRIX CLEANER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 6.1915.

Patented Aug. 31, 1915.

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Emma nvnraiixonanonaor noenns, ARKANSAS. '1

MATRIX-CLEANER,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatI, Emma L. KoK ANonn, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Rogers, in thecounty of Benton and State of Arkansas, have invented a new and useful. Improvement in Matrix-Cleaners, of which the following is a'specification.

My invention is an improvement in matrix cleaners, and theinvention has for its object to provide a machine of the characterspecified, especially adapted for cleaning and polishing the matrices used in linotype andintertype typesetting machines, wherein a supporting table is provided having rotating cleaning and polishing mechanisms over which the matrices are passed in succession until cleaned, and-wherein stacking mechanism is provided forstacking the matrices after they are cleane In the drawings: Figure 1 is a top plan view of the improved machine,'Figs. 2, l

and 5 are sections on the lines 2-2, 44

and 55 respectively, ofjFig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows, adjacent to the line, Fig. 3 is a partial front View with parts in section, and Fig. 6 is an end view of the machine. V r

' The present embodiment of the invention comprises. a supporting frame of approximately rectangular form and, consisting of a rear longitudinal bar 1,.a front longitudinally extending plate 2, and connecting end bars 3, for connecting the bar 1 and the plate 2. The bars 1, 2 and3 are connected to form a substantially rectangular frame,

and the plate 2 is inclined as shown, inclining inwardly and upwardly toward the bar 1. The bar and the plate are'conne'cted intermediate their ends by a. cross bar 4, and legs 5 are provided at the cornersof the supporting frame. a i

A shaft 6 is journaled longitudinally of the frame at approximately the center thereof in the cross bar 4 and one of the end bars 3, and the outer end of the shaft is provided with a. pulley 7 for engagement by abelt connecting the pulley with a suitable source ofpower, not shown. Atits inner endthe shaft. .6 is provided with a bevel gear '8 and intermediate its ends with asilnilar gear 8 and the said gears mesh with bevel gears 9 and '9 on the lower ends of vertical stub shafts lOand 1O journaled in a :plate 11,

extending longitudlnally of the support be tween the bar 1 and the plate 2. This plate specification of Letters P ar.

. shafts 10-and 10 Patented Aug. si, rare.

Application filed ma a, 1915. Serial No. 26,272

is arranged with its wide dimension perpendicular l to the wide dimensions of the bars 1, 3 and the plate 2, and with its upper surface flush with the upper surfaces of the said bars 1 and 3, and disks 12 and 12 are secured to the upper ends of the respective Each of the disks 12 and l2 is provided with a hub 13, having one section of a ball race on its lower end concentric with the shaft, and the other section 14: of the ball race encircles the shaft just above the plate 11. Series of balls 15 are arranged between the sections of the races,

and each disk is thus supported by a ball bearing against downward thrust.

Sheets 16 and 16 to be later described,

'aresecured 'to theupper faces of the disks 12, and 12 and the, hubs of the disks are secured to the shafts so that when the shafts 10 anollO are rotated-by means of the shaft 6 the disks will be rotated. A table 17 of sheet. metal is arranged at that end of the table remote from the pulley 7, and the said table is connected at itsouter end to a hinge block 18 secured onto the upper edge of the adjacent end bar 3, by means of hinges 19, the hinges being below the upper surface of the table 17. The inner edge of the table is recessed atits center as indicated at 20,

and the said inner edge extends above the adjacent disk 12. The recess 20 is curved so that the edge of the table at the recess is parallel with the periphery of the disk, and the table extends over the disk slightly, as shown more particularly in Figs. 1 and 2. A bridge table 21 is arranged between the disks, and it will be seen that the upper surface of the bridge table is flush withthe uppers'urface of the sheet 16 on the disk 12. The shafts 10 and 10 are of unequal length,

the shaft 10 being shorter than the shaft 10, sothat the upper face of the sheet 16 of the disk 12 is spaced slightly below the sheet 16 of the disk 12.

The difference in height between the disks is equal to the thickness of the bridge table 21,and the said table is of sheet metal as shown. The opposite side edges of the bridge table are concave, each recess being shaped on an arc whose center is the adjacentstub shaft 10 or 10. The adjacent edge of the bridge table is spaced apart from theadjacent edge of the disk 12, while the other edge of the bridge table extends above the disk 12* as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, approximately the same distance as the the said table is hinged to the plate 2as 7 indicated at 23. a The hinges 23 arenear the ends of the plate or table and the said table is of sheetmetal as is also the bridge table 21. The table 22 extends from the end of the support adjacent to the pulley 7 to and beyondthe inner edge of the feed table 17,

i and the inner edge of the feed table 17 laps fOVBl" the adjacent end of the table 22. The 1 inner end of the table 22 is recessed on V arcs whose centers are the shafts 10 and 10,

so that the inner edge of the said table will fit between and around the disks. The inner edge ofthe table is spaced apart from the periphery of the disks as shownin Fig. 16,

but between the disks the inner edge of the table 22' extends above the bridge table.

A shelf 24: extends forwardly from the lower edge of the plate 2, the said shelf being of angle material, consisting of two portions extending at an obtuse anglewith respect to each other. Oneof the portions is secured to the under edge of the plate 2 by means of-screws 25 or the like, and the other portion extends outwardly from the outer face of the plate 2. At the'end adjacentto the pulley 7, a species of casingis arranged 0n the shelf, the said casing consisting of a front plate 26 and an end plate:.27, and a portion of the material of the shelf is bent upwardly along the outer face of the end plate as indicated at 28.

' 1 A shaft 29 is journaled in the'casing ad 0- perpendicular to the plate 2, and the plate ing and through the plate 2, and a pulley 30 is secured to'the inner end of the shaft. A belt 31 connects the pulley 30 witha' pulley 5 32 on the shaft 6, and at the corner of the 26, the said shaft extending through the castable direction elements 33 in the form of pulleys are arranged for supporting the belt, as'it changes its direction. The pulleys 33 are journaledin U shaped brackets 34, and it will be evident that when the wheel 6 is rotated the shaft 29 will also be rotated.

. A star wheel 35 is secured to the'shaft'29 between the plate 26'and' the plate 2, and'an arc-shaped or curved chute 36 is arranged above the star wheel. The lower end of the chute is just above the star wheel, and it will be noticed from an inspection of Fig. 3 that the sides ofthe chute are formed bythe adjacent faces of the plates 2 and 26. The 'upper end of the chute is at the upperend of the end plate 27 of the casing.

2 The bridge table 21 is supported by the body 37-of a bail, being held in bearing lugs 38 on the'under surface of the table and at the ends-thereof, and the arms 39 and 40 of the bailareconnectedto thebar 1 and-the .with the covering for a short time.

are then passedover the bridge table 21 on ing. or renewing of the disks.

plate 2, as shown in Fig. 5. Each arm is provided with an eye, and these eyes fit against the inner surfaces of the bar 1 and the plate 2, and screws 41 are passed through the eyes to connect the arms to the bar and the plate. I

The operation of the device is as follows :The shaft 6 is driven from any suitable source of power and this shaft is the driving shaft for the machine. The sheet 16 on the disk 12 is of cloth or felt, while the sheet 16 on the disk 12-is of paper or like material. The disk 12 is the cleaning disk, while thedisk 12 is the polishing disk and both disks are rotated at a high speed during the cleaning operation. The matrices to be cleaned are stacked in rows on the feed table from Whichthey are drawn by the fingers of the operator on to the covering of the disk 12, andare held in contact They to the covering of the disk 12 where they are again'held for a considerablelength of time. The matrices are then moved on to thetransfer table 22, and are turned over or reversed after which they are returned to the feed-table 17 From the table 17 they are against fed in succession to the coverings of the disks 12 and 12*, after which they are drawn over the transfer table 22 to the stacking chute 36 and are permitted to slide down over the star wheel 35, which stacks them against a block not shown, mounted to slide on the shelf '24. This block is the usual holding block, and merely moves over the shelf 24 to form a support for the ends of the row of matrices remote from the stacking sheet. All of the tables 17, 21 and 22 are hinged as described to permit them to be swung upward and outward away from the cleaning disks,in order to'pellnit clean- The coverings for the disks are held in place by any suitable means, as for instance, by rings which engage the edges of the coverings. I claim I 1. machine/of the character specified, 7 comprising a supporting table, a pair of stub shafts journaled vertically in the table and in spaced relation, a disk secured to the upper end of eachstubshaft, a feed table hinged to the supporting table at one end "thereof, and extending above the adjacent disk at its 1nner edge, a bridge table betweenthe disks and detaohably connected with the table, thedis'k adjacent to the feed table having a cleaning covering and being at a higher level than theother disk, the other disk having a polishing covering, and the bridge table having its upper surface flush with the covering of the disk adjacent to the feed table and extending over the covering of the other disk, a transfer table extending from the inner edge of the feed table alongside the disks to the opposite end of the table and hinged to the front of the table to swing outwardly away from the disks, said table having at the front thereof a plate inclining downwardly and outwardly and provided at its lower edge with a ledge or shelf for receiving the cleaned matrices,a star wheel journaled on an axis perpendicular to the plate above the shelf and at the end remote from the feed table, a stacking chute delivering above the star wheel, means for simultaneously rotating the disks, and a driving connection between the said means and the star wheel. i

2. A machine of the character specified, comprising a supporting table, a pair of stub shafts journaled vertically in the table and in spaced relation, a disk secured to the upper end of each stub shaft, a feed table hinged to the supporting table at one end thereof, and extending above the adjacent disk at its inner edge, a bridge table between the disks and detachably connected with the table, the disk adjacent to the feed table having a cleaning cover and being at higher level than the other disk, the other disk having a polishing cover, and the bridge table having its upper surface flush? with the cover of the disk adjacent to the feed table, and extending over the covering of the other disk, a transfer table extending from the in ner edge of the feed table alongside the disks to the opposite end of the table and hinged to the front of the table to swing out-- wardly away from the disks, said table having at the front thereof a plate inclining downwardly and outwardly and provided at its lower edge with a ledge or shelf for receiving the cleaned matrices, and means for driving the disks.

3. A machine of the character specified, comprising a supporting table, a pair of stub shafts journaled vertically in the table and in spaced relation, a disk secured to the upper end of each stub shaft, a feed table hinged to the supporting table at one end thereof, and extending above the adjacent disk at its inner edge, a bridge table between the disks and detachably connected with the table, the disk adjacent to thefeed table having a cleaning covering and being at a higher level than the other disk, the other disk having a polishing covering and the bridge table having its upper surface flush with the covering of the disk adjacent to the feed table, and extending over the covering of the other disk, a transfer table extending from the inner edge of the feed table alongside the disks to the opposite end of the table and hinged to the front of the table to swing outwardly away from the disks, and means for driving the disks.

4. A machine of the character specified,

comprising a supporting table, a feed plate hinged to the table at one end and extending inwardly above the table, a pair of horizontal disks journaled on the table on vertical axes and spaced apart longitudinally of the table, one of the disks extending beneath the inner edge of the feed table and being at a higher level than the other disk, a bridge table between the disks and detachably connected with the table for transferring the matrices from the firstnamed to the last-named disks, a transfer table hinged to the front of. the supporting table ex tending upwardly and outwardly, and extending above the transfer tab-1e, said disks having coverings of cleaning and polishing material, and a common means for driving the disks.

5. A machine of the character specified,

comprising a supporting table, a polishing disk journaled near one end of the table on a vertical axis, a cleaning disk journaled intermediate the ends of the table on a vertical axis, a feed table extending from the adjacent end of the table over the cleaning disk, a bridge table between the disks, and a transfer table in front of the disks, said tab-1e having a receiving shelf or ledge below the transfer table and in front thereof and having an inclined plate leading downwardly to the said ledge, and means for simultaneously rotating the disks, said feed and transfer tables being hinged to the supporting table to swing upwardly and outwardly away therefrom, and the bridge table being detachably connected with the supporting table. 7

6. A machine of the character specified, comprising a supporting table, a polishing disk journaled near one end of the table on a vertical axis, a cleaning disk journaled intermediate the ends of the table on a vertical axis, a feed table extending from the adjacent end of the table over the cleaning disk, a bridge table between the disks, and a transfer table in front of the disks, said table having a receiving shelf or ledge below the transfer table and in front thereof and having an inclined plate leading downwardly to the said ledge, and means for si' multaneously rotating the disks.

7 A machine of the character specified, comprising a supporting table, cleaning and polishing disks journaled on the table on vertical axes, means for driving the disks, said table having a receiving shelf below the level of the table and at the front thereof and having an inclined plate leading to the said shelf, a star wheel journaled be tween the incline and the shelf for engaging and stacking the matrices as they are cleaned.

ELMER LYMAN KOKANOUR.

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Washington, D. G. 

